Route 309 crash in Lower Macungie leaves one dead

State police asked that Route 309 southbound be shut down in Lower Macungie Township on Friday night after a vehicle crashed and rolled over, killing a 19-year-old man.

The state Department of Transportation was asked to close the highway at Tilghman Street, shortly after the 10:55 p.m. accident, just north of where Route 309 merges with Interstate 78.

Emergency workers on the scene radioed they had pulled an unresponsive man from the overturned vehicle, near the Lower Macungie-South Whitehall border. The Lehigh County coroner's office was called to the scene.

State police from Fogelsville investigated the accident. The highway was closed between Tilghman Street and I-78 southbound during the cleanup and police inquiry.